Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Medical Doctor, Speaker, Author

Dr. Tommy Mitchell holds an MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and had a thriving medical practice for 20 years before pursuing creation ministry fulltime. Since 2005, Dr. Mitchell has served as a speaker and author for Answers in Genesis.

Honors and Awards

Telly award, 2005

Testimony

Dr. Mitchell was saved at age 17, but soon thereafter went to college where he was under the influence of many professors who promoted evolutionary ideas. He became a theistic evolutionist as he tried to reconcile his new-found faith with the evolutionary worldview set forth in his undergraduate studies and in medical school.

After returning home to begin his new medical practice, Dr. Mitchell, after much reading, became convicted of the errors of the evolutionary philosophies he had been taught. God soon opened his eyes to the truth of the biblical record, and he saw that God’s Word was indeed true from the first verse.

In the mid-1990s, Dr. Mitchell was privileged to meet Ken Ham and became an avid supporter of AiG. In 1999, he served as seminar chairman for an extremely well-attended Answers in Genesis conference (featuring Ken) held in Hendersonville, Tennessee (near Nashville).

Over the years, he has spoken on creation in many churches and venues, including overseas evangelistic mission efforts to Poland, Ukraine, and Jamaica.

Ken Ham states, “I unreservedly recommend Dr. Mitchell to you not only as a superb speaker, but as a sincere, dedicated Christian and great family man. He brings a wealth of experience from his medical background that makes each of his talks unique, yet he still gives the basic message of biblical authority, starting in Genesis.”

Professional Experience

Speaker, Answers in Genesis, Petersburg, KY, 2006–present

Active Kentucky medical license, 2006–present

Internal medicine practice, Gallatin, TN, 1987–2006

Professional Affiliations

Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)

Phi Beta Kappa Society

Personal Information

Dr. Mitchell graduated with a BA with highest honors from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1980 with a major in cell biology. For his superior scholarship during his undergraduate study, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society (the oldest and one of the most respected honor societies in America). Dr. Mitchell subsequently attended Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he received his medical degree in 1984.

Dr. Mitchell completed his residency at Vanderbilt University Affiliated Hospitals in 1987. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.). Tommy had a thriving medical practice in his hometown of Gallatin, Tennessee, for 20 years, but, in late 2006, he withdrew from medical practice to pursue creation ministry full time.

Since mid-2005, Dr. Mitchell has spoken for Answers in Genesis to thousands of adults, youth, and children in a variety of settings, clearly communicating reasons to trust the Bible and the Creator Christ who wrote it. He has written articles for AiG’s website and other publications, and he was the featured speaker during AiG’s relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, resulting in a Telly award-winning DVD A God of Suffering?

As a scientist, physician, and father, Dr. Mitchell has a burden to provide solid answers from the Bible to equip people to stand in the face of personal tragedy and popular evolutionary misinformation. Using communication skills developed over many years of medical practice, he is able to connect with people at all educational levels and unveil the truth that can change their lives.

In addition to his role as speaker and writer, Tommy serves the ministry as both speaker liaison and technical liaison. He is an avid user of Apple computers and is, most certainly, “a Mac!”

Ken Ham says, “Dr. Mitchell is greatly burdened to help spread the vital creation/gospel message, and wanted to help AiG because we can’t fulfill all the several hundred speaking requests that pour into AiG each year. Certainly, ‘the harvest is plentiful and the workers are few.’ Tommy wants to contribute to the layman aspect of our speaking outreach, for teens and up, to reach the church—and those outside the church—with the truth of the authority of God’s Word beginning with the book of Genesis . . . thus affecting souls for eternity.”

Dr. Mitchell has been married to Elizabeth (herself a retired obstetrician) for 36 years, and they have three daughters. His hobbies include Martin guitars and anything to do with Bill Monroe (the famous bluegrass musician). He is Ken Ham’s most feared cribbage opponent and takes great pleasure in defeating the boss at every opportunity.